They both are being held on suspicion of transportation of narcotic drugs for
sale, money laundering, conducting an illegal enterprise and conspiracy.

DPS detectives with search warrants confiscated the heroin Tuesday night at
three west Phoenix homes.

"Those were the distribution centers," said Arizona Department of Public Safety spokesman Carrick Cook. "That's basically the central hub of where they were running this heroin operation out of here in the U.S."

The heroin was transported to the Phoenix area from Mexico and authorities say
the drugs and cash was packaged and wrapped in electrical tape.

"They would come across the border and collectively put them together there for distribution throughout the entire Southwest, if not the western U.S.," said Cook.